John Comer

John Comer

John Comer (died 1984) was a British comic actor. He starred in the television series I Didn't Know You Cared, Last of the Summer Wine and All Our Saturdays. Born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire, Comer gained an engineering apprenticeship at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park. Comer began his career performing a comedy routine around local social clubs and pubs in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1952, with his younger brother Tony, he performed in a children's theatre production for local schools in Stretford.[citation needed] The siblings then formed a double act named the Comer Brothers. In 1957 the brothers began a regular slot at the Manchester Apollo, performing a variety act entitled Comer's Cottage. In 1958 the Comer Brothers participated in an ITV talent show called Bid for Fame and began working for Butlin's. In 1959 they won first prize in the Butlin's National Talent Contest, winning £1,000 and a film contract with the Boulting Brothers. In 1959 the Boulting Brothers cast John and Tony Comer in the film I'm All Right Jack, in which they starred alongside Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough as trade union shop stewards. Their next film roles were in 1961, when they featured alongside Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey. However shortly afterwards Tony decided to leave showbusiness and returned to full-time work at Metropolitan-Vickers, while John decided to continue pursuing his film career. He appeared in the Boulting Brothers' 1967 film The Family Way as a father-of-the-bride to Hayley Mills's character, whose father John Mills portrayed her father-in-law. He gained a recurring role in 1973 as the primary supporting role of Sid in the new BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He also starred in a long-running advertising campaign for Home Brew Beer. 1977 saw him appear as Bill Malley in the BBC series "Murder Most English". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Title: John Comer
  • Popularity: 3.062
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1924-03-01
  • Place of Birth: Stretford, Lancashire, England, UK
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John Comer Movies

  • 1968
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    Happy DeathDay

    Happy DeathDay

    1 1968 HD

    An old man has his birthday. On this occasion he is given a present by his grand daughter who is fond of him. On the other hand, she hates her...

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  • 1970
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    The Hunting of Lionel Crane

    The Hunting of Lionel Crane

    1 1970 HD

    An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.

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  • 1959
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    I'm All Right Jack

    I'm All Right Jack

    6.634 1959 HD

    Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start...

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  • 1972
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    The Fishing Party

    The Fishing Party

    10 1972 HD

    Three miners plan a weekend fishing.

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  • 1973
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    Kisses at Fifty

    Kisses at Fifty

    1 1973 HD

    A father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself from his four children.

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  • 1969
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    Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    6.8 1969 HD

    In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the...

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  • 1973
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    Vinegar Trip

    Vinegar Trip

    1 1973 HD

    The title is taken from a Liverpool saying, "Off on a vinegar trip," which is applied to a person behaving strangely. Barrie plays Sammy Chester, a...

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  • 1968
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    The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

    The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

    1 1968 HD

    A dull vacation at a holiday camp becomes interesting when the holidaying teenagers bump into 'Sherry', a female impersonator.

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  • 1975
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    Our Terry

    Our Terry

    1 1975 HD

    Arnold wants to relax watching TV, but Terry is missing. Terry is the cat of his mother-in-law, who left it with Arnold and his family when she went...

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  • 1974
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    South Riding

    South Riding

    1 1974 HD

    An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel

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  • 1968
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    The Visitors

    The Visitors

    1 1968 HD

    good Samaritan who gives a stranded family a lift off the road, finds his life gets complicated when they move in on him.

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  • 1963
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    Heavens Above!

    Heavens Above!

    6.2 1963 HD

    A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and...

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  • 1971
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    Villain

    Villain

    6.2 1971 HD

    In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

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  • 1977
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    A Little Outing

    A Little Outing

    1 1977 HD

    Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing.

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  • 1974
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    Leeds United!

    Leeds United!

    1 1974 HD

    The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose...

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  • 1981
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    Memoirs of a Survivor

    Memoirs of a Survivor

    4.1 1981 HD

    Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic...

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  • 1973
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    The Lovers!

    The Lovers!

    5.9 1973 HD

    Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl...

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  • 1966
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    The Family Way

    The Family Way

    6.6 1966 HD

    Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their...

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  • 1972
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    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    6.3 1972 HD

    The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to...

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  • 1970
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    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    6.3 1970 HD

    A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between...

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  • 1970
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    There's a Girl in My Soup

    There's a Girl in My Soup

    5.5 1970 HD

    TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an...

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  • 1973
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    Song at Twilight

    Song at Twilight

    1 1973 HD

    Eddie Ritchie once ' played for England,' or did he? The team have their doubts.

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  • 1965
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    Rotten to the Core

    Rotten to the Core

    6.2 1965 HD

    Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's...

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  • 1960
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    Hell Is a City

    Hell Is a City

    6.7 1960 HD

    Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain...

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  • 1973
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    All Our Saturdays

    All Our Saturdays

    1 1973 HD

    All Our Saturdays is a British sitcom starring Diana Dors that aired in 1973. Stuart Harris wrote two episodes, while Oliver Free, Eric Geen, Anthony...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1972
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    Crown Court

    Crown Court

    5.4 1972 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

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  • 1973
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    Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine

    7.1 1973 HD

    Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire...

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  • 1975
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    Survivors

    Survivors

    7.9 1975 HD

    Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to...

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  • 1975
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    I Didn't Know You Cared

    I Didn't Know You Cared

    7 1975 HD

    I Didn't Know You Cared is a British comedy series set in a working class household in South Yorkshire in the 1970s, written by Peter Tinniswood...

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  • 1980
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    Nice Work

    Nice Work

    4 1980 HD

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  • 1976
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    Potter's Picture Palace

    Potter's Picture Palace

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1969
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    Castle Haven

    Castle Haven

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1977
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    Murder Most English

    Murder Most English

    5.5 1977 HD

    1970s detective series based on the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright and Christopher...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.1 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1972
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    Crown Court

    Crown Court

    5.4 1972 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

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  • 1972
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    Crown Court

    Crown Court

    5.4 1972 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

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  • 1978
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    All Creatures Great and Small

    All Creatures Great and Small

    7.6 1978 HD

    All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the...

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  • 1965
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    The Man In Room 17

    The Man In Room 17

    5.5 1965 HD

    The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada...

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  • 1955
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    Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

    5.3 1955 HD

    Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police...

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  • 1960
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    Coronation Street

    Coronation Street

    5.3 1960 HD

    The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at...

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